When women thrive, the Earth thrives.
Women’s Earth Alliance is a global organization dedicated to strengthening women’s leadership to protect the environment, support community well-being, and contribute to a more just and thriving world.
Our theory of change has a multiplier effect. We work with local women leaders who build up other leaders. 1 woman becomes 10, becomes 100, becomes 1,000 — and more.
By providing long-term investment and support to community-based groups, WEA ensures that they are able to deepen and scale the impact of their grassroots solutions. We are dedicated to fortifying and dispersing these solutions generated from the heart of communities, where people are grappling with our gravest challenges and drawing blueprints for a sustainable future.
With these resources in hand, WEA Leaders not only go on to scale their own environmental initiatives: they also teach others to do the same.
What We Do
WEA invests in women leaders on the frontlines of ecological crises to ensure social, economic, and environmental justice by providing:
Training and Mentorship
equipping women leaders with practical skills in leadership, strategic planning, enterprise development, and technical environmental solutions so they can strengthen and expand their community-led initiatives.
Funding and Resources
providing seed funding and sustained resourcing that allow women and regional partners to design, test, and scale solutions that protect ecosystems and strengthen local economies.
Alliance and Movement-Building
cultivating a powerful network of women leaders who exchange strategies, support one another, and grow regional momentum for environmental resilience and community wellbeing.
Communications and Storytelling
elevating women leaders’ voices and visibility, opening pathways for advocacy, partnerships, and investment in their work.
Our Model
Our Intersectional Approach
WEA works at the intersection of gender, racial, economic, social, and environmental justice — because we know that one can’t happen without all the others. We focus on:
A Highlight from WEA's Work
Since 2005, Lia Putrinda has been protecting native mangrove and forest areas in East Java, Indonesia. The Clungup Mangrove Forest in East Java Indonesia is home to a delicate ecosystem. Lia and her neighbors rely on this critical habitat for food, income, and protection from extreme weather. Overfishing and illegal logging have put the entire ecosystem at risk. Lia has dedicated her life to restoring and protecting the Mangrove forest.
Through her participation in WEA’s Indonesia Accelerator, Lia strengthened her project design and technical skills, connected with other grassroots women leaders, and was awarded a grant to grow her work. Now Lia is engaging 5,000 members of local women’s groups in forest conservation, restoring and protecting 131 hectares of coastal and inland forest, educating local children in their environmental school, and training over 100 locals in ecotourism, 80% of whom were once forest encroachers. For Lia, protecting her forest means protecting her community’s future.